Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Keep the camera level! Get close! Ten feet is across the universe as far as a 12 is concerned. Think that you are close enough? Then take two more steps closer. Meter carefully, with a twelve I would point the camera down, way down to make sure I am excluding the sky (unless that is what you want, then point it up, way up). Did I mention to keep the camera level? John Collier PS: not an ideal portrait lens for loved ones. One of my friends had a rather frosty time of it with his significant other after a roll with a twenty one... On Saturday, June 1, 2002, at 08:54 AM, Greg J. Lorenzo wrote: > I wonder if someone could provide me with some newbie pointers on > shooting with a super wide angle lens? > > I just acquired a Voigtlander 12 mm for my M6 from Dr. Yao and having > never used any lens wider than 28 mm I'm finding the perspective > provided through the supplied finder rather daunting. > > Regards, > > Greg > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html